About Us

TWIST (Together We Invest for Systems Transformation) is a collective of investors, practitioners, and facilitators from around the world who are actively deploying capital and/or facilitating processes for positive systems change.  

Originally conceived in 2020 by Charly Kleissner and Tharald Nustad, TWIST was officially launched at Katapult Future Fest in May 2022, under the leadership of Alexandra Korijn and Alison Fort. Since then, TWIST has expanded into a global initiative, guided by a 12-member Steering Committee and enriched by 100 Community of Practice members. These members now represent 4 continents and 16 countries, and have collectively contributed 55 case studies to date*, each highlighting a distinct opportunity in investing for systems change.

Ultimately, TWIST envisions a world in which all capitals are effectively activated for positive systems transformation, so that mother earth and all living beings can thrive. TWIST’s role is to activate the investor community and foster an enabling environment for positive systems transformation. We invite you to join us on this mission.  

* Contributed by July 2025

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TWIST Community of Practice

We are deeply grateful to the TWIST Community of Practice members, who have shaped TWIST and its activities from the very beginning. Their insights, wisdom and work have informed our understanding of this emergent field. They continue to contribute by sharing their work, and through our various TWIST work streams. Together, we are working to shape the development of this field of investing for systems change. We invite you to join us on this mission.

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Tharald Nustad
Co-Initiator of TWIST and Founder of Katapult Group

Alison Fort
Co-Managing Director of TWIST and Katapult Foundation

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Philipp Essl
Managing Director, Head of Impact, of Better Society Capital

Nicolas Michaelsen
Founder of Materra Capital

Charly Kleissner
Co-Initiator of TWIST and Co-Founder of Toniic and KL Felicitas Foundation

Lisa Kleissner
Co-Founder of Toniic and KL Felicitas Foundation

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Jason Jay
Director of MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

Hanson Gong
Managing Partner of Oogway Capital

Alexandra (Alie) Korijn
Co-Managing Director of TWIST

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Richard Azarnia
Co-Founder of The Good Investors

Julie Engelhorn
Founder of Pollex GmbH

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Joe Hsueh
Founder of Omplexity

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Meet the TWIST Steering Committee

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Meet the TWIST Team

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Alison Fort
Co-Managing Director

Alexandra Korijn
Co-Managing Director

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Maria Balcazar Tellez Community Initiatives Lead

Aman Agarwal
Technical Project Manager

Francesca Merletti
Community, Communications and Events Manager

Danielle DeRose
Operations Director